Top Ten Reasons to Save Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells
1. Cord blood can be easily, safely and painlessly collected at birth.
2. There is only ONE opportunity to collect cord blood – that’s at the time of birth.
3. These cells are a perfect match for your child and potentially the very best match ever available for you, your spouse, siblings, half siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
4. Cord blood stem cells are free of ethical, moral, or religious controversy.
5. Early treatment with cord blood stem cells may help minimize disease progression.
6. Stem cells from umbilical cord blood have been used for more than 20 years to treat nearly 70 different diseases.
7. Cord blood stem cells are showing significant potential to treat conditions that have no cure today – such as juvenile diabetes and brain injury.
8. Cord blood can often be used for multi-racial individuals because a perfect match is not required and may be the only viable treatment option.
9. Freezing the cord blood stem cells at -193˚ Celsius “stops the clock” and protects stem cells from disease, age, and environment.
10. It is much better to have the stem cells and not need them, than to need them and not have them.